14.07.2023 | | Reading time approx. 3 min.

What is cooking? Adding critical feminism to the pot

In 2022 we cooperated with the Food Agency Cape Town (FACT) for the African Book Festival thanks to our association member Nicole Paganini.

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14.07.2023 | Publications
Reading time approx. 29 min.

Her:Story Lab - À travers des conflits

Brought together by editor and literary curator Edwige Dro, "À travers des conflits – Her:Story Lab" summons four stories by female African writers which echo within the reader's minds for a long time. They inspire a thought process and perhaps even…
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14.07.2023 | Pande.Me
Reading time approx. 14 min.

The Day In Between

My name is Mckayla Michaels, only child of the most popular power couple in my town. I live in a small town called Smallville where everyone knows everyone and so they try so hard to stay relevant; some through charity work and others through…
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30.06.2023 | Pande.Me
Reading time approx. 22 min.

Enigma

Just the tip. That was exactly what I was asked to do. But I still managed to shove the whole thing in there, to see how deep it could go. Terrible idea, terrible idea! I always feared this day will come. The day I unveil an unexpected facet of her…
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23.06.2023 | Pande.Me
Reading time approx. 21 min.

Mugginess

Even in the wind one could feel the mugginess. The sweaty bodies made the shirts wet and sticky. Not even the air broken by the stolen motorbike could cool them down. It remained oppressive. In all that drought and yellow they were dying of heat,…
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23.06.2023 | Pande.Me
Reading time approx. 13 min.

Hi Diary Boy

“Bye,” he mumbles. In return, he gets a wonderful smile from his mom. Her eyes are raised, and her smile is so long and bright that it reaches her ears. This smile makes him feel sparkles inside, makes him stand up straight. Juth closes the front…
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03.03.2023 | Publications
Reading time approx. 3 min.

For You I'd Steal a Goat

Would a windmill cross your mind when thinking of Berlin? And where in this city can one find a goat when you need it the most?
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03.03.2023
Reading time approx. < 1 min.

"Music draws stories out of me" - Interview with Chimeka Garricks

Author, editor and lawyer Chimeka Garricks talks with us about the inspiration for his book and the workshop of the same name he held in Berlin in autumn 2022. In our interview "Stories born from Songs" he reflects upon the similarities and…
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20.01.2023
Reading time approx. 4 min.

New Daughters of Africa - The Podcast

As an homage to the ground-breaking (New) Daughters of Africa anthologies compiling writing by women of African descent across centuries and continents edited by Margaret Busby, host Panashe Chigumadzi, one of the ‘New Daughters’ is in conversation…
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20.01.2023 | Stories Born From Songs
Reading time approx. < 1 min.

In the Middle

“When do you feel the most vulnerable?” I am asking Ahmed while gently playing with his dark brown curls, wrapping them around my finger. “Well, that is a tough question I have to say,” he answers, biting his lip. I can not stop looking at the…
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20.01.2023 | Stories Born From Songs
Reading time approx. < 1 min.

Mila

People say that the first person narrative comes with its own traps and shackles. From my point of view, we met at the day of her funeral. Some outsider may say she’s been with me in a way all my life. And she? Well, she may think we met once,…
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